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Outstanding Congressman Award 2016
              Hon. Salvador B. Belaro, Jr.






                                                       Representative
                                             1-ANG EDUKASYON Party List




                                                 Committee viCe CHairperSon
                                              Bicol Recovery And Economic Development

                                                   Committee memBerSHipS
         • Banks and Financial Intermediaries     • Human Rights           • Small Business & Entrepreneurship Development
         • East Asean Growth Area                 • Justice                • Social Services
         • Foreign Affairs                        • Revision Of Laws       • Economic Affairs
         • Higher and Technical Education         • Rules







































        Despite being a neophyte Congressman, there are at least three   as high school, he was already recognized by the government
        reasons  why  Congressman  Salvador  B.  Belaro  Jr.  of  1-Ang   as one of the 1985 National Outstanding Youth Researcher
        Edukasyon (Una Ang Edukasyon) Party-List deserves the       and  as  one  of  CMLI’s  Outstanding  Student  Awardee.  He
        Outstanding Congressman Award. First is his sterling academic   went to the University of the Philippines as a State Scholar
        credentials. Second is his pre-Congress professional and private   where  he  obtained  a  Bachelor  of  Arts  in  Political  Science
        sector accomplishments. Third is his legislative output for his   (Cum Laude) and thereafter, his Bachelor of Laws degree. At
        past few months in the office.                              the UP College of Law where he was a working student, he
                                                                    was elected Class President of his Class and was an Editorial
          The son of a farmer and a public school teacher, Rep. Belaro   Board Member of the Philippine Collegian. He also holds
        is a living testament to his party-list’s motto that “Ang tunay   a  Master  of  Laws  (LLM)  degree  from  Cornell  University
        na pag-asa ay nasa edukasyon”.  After all, he walks his talk   (New  York,  U.S.A.)  where  two  of  his  papers  were  chosen
        as his life exemplifies how a provincial boy like him used his   for international publication. At Cornell, he was also elected
        education not only for his personal upliftment but also for the   Class Representative of the LLM Class of 2004, and was an
        good of the country. A Valedictorian from Catagbacan, goa,   active member of the New York Student Bar Association and
        Camarines Sur, he exhibited national brilliance when as early   the Cornell Asian Association.


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